The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-08-10
The City Of the Sand Hills.
BUTTONS WEIRD MYSTERY.
FULroS, S. c., July 30, 1887.
OVERTURE,


OVERTURE.
Twill
C q tale unfold whose lightest word
Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young
blood;
Make thy two eyes, like stars start from
their spheres,
Thy kuotted end combined locks to part.
and each particular hair 10 stand on end;
Like quills upon the fretfcl po,cur;ne."
--.ShGksSpelre
Only in the almost forgotten &:ci;"es Q:
the prehistoric, can be found aEythins CO
eval to the dread pail OF superstition now
hanging Ger fair Fulton
Never before has beautiful, lilly prosaic
Fulton, been so cursed; never h:s he- i.i-
escutcheon been tarnishea wiz: the yeproach
Of evil dwellers within hev gates: never has
her pious citizen, in the ecclesiastical; walks
leading Zionward yielded to a Satan 5 coz
Quest: never as she bounded along the aiSn-
ways of progress, under the e:nbiazc2e>:
noontide OF civilization, has she retro9-2dclt
towards the dark ages 2st.-Ncver, neytr.
until now Alas, that IL this ase .IaEi:a-
ed by IIiberty's triumphant torch eci!gi:te,l-
ing the world, the val! of medieval black
ness should envelope Us! Sad indeed, tIa;
Fulton is the genesis from which IS evolved
SO thrilling and weird mystery.
Only the t-auscendept pen CT II. Rider
Hageard, can adequately depict 1t; before
the details, the writer is !1potent. Fartlc1-
larly do wish to impress upon your readers
the genuineness Of the tale; It IS 20 apo
logue manufactured IN the axuoera1ce O:
Imagination. let any one who Geems 1t by
periodic, visit Fulton, where every one is ia-
miliar with the facts.
TALE oF wIEcHcEAFT.
Two miles soath Of Fulton, there resides
q Young colored man, who enjoys the csteea!
and entire confidence OF his nelSatorS,
white and eoiored. He IS intelligent: pros
porous, and in every WY a worthy citizcn.
Owning the valuable place he lives upon,
recently improved by the addition OF srlst
mill and gin; possessing, also. lands near
Wedgefeld; shappy in tie dual b!essedness;
honored and fist5ered by the less fortunate
of his race; surrounded by green fields OF
opulence, by faithful regard of his rellgi-
Gus duties, while garnering the she!lels upon
this thosny and troubled earth, he endcav-
ered to have margin to his credit IN the
land where moths and petit larceny are not.
With these, and other blessings, his cup O.
happiness should have been full : but no"
full yes, indeed, full-not Of happiness,
but OF heliish bTothel. Within two weeks,
an eden was transformed to trophet. After
these few glittering generahtes, let US come
down to business. About one month aSoa
series of weird events happened upon tHis
young mans place. Passing over these, We
reach the period when his entire suEfouno-
ing became cursed; fell disease laid It's re-
lentless. hand upon his once robust tolm; IN
explicable diseases attacked his laborers, the
- - S1r-av 1NN,
When soft night stole on, and decked the
skies, then throus the stately pines, re-
sounded the fendish bowls of gnomes, and
drove away the angel of sleep, try as they
could, the genii of oblivion cane not.
Neither by opiate, or the magic waters Lethe,
would the god of sleep be courted; even dit
ties from "Sumnambula,' sung in cadence
soft and sweet, failed to conquer the heod
insomnious for, in fendish glee, the bed
steads capered la Lula Hurst. His buggy
did not escape the 6evilish necromancers
Vaccinations. When attempting to ride IN
it, cutting pains were evoked from the cush-
ion, which upon ripping open, disclosed
bundle, the contents of which IS so analog-
Gus to the immortal Shakespeare,s descrip-
tion of the ingredients of the three weird
sisters caldron, that we quote their formula
inpart;
.FiIlet of fenny snake,
In caldron boil and bake;
Eye Of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool Of bat and tongue of dog,
Adders fork, and blind worms sting,
Lizards leg, and owlet's wing,
Liver Of blaspheming Jew,
Gall of Goat and slips of yew,
SilTered in moons eclipse,
Nose of turk and tartar's lips
For charm of powerful trouble
Like hell-broth boil and bubble
Alded to this was the hair of the bewitch-
ed mans wife, and, oh! breathe 1t not
we'll we'll describe no further. A similar
package, frarked with the witches signa-
lures. was discovered in the house. and was
the mysterious cause of the truant 5edsteads'
caperipg. Tormented almost to desperation,
he sought the advice of white friends; into
their aStonished ears he poured tale OF mis-
cry and thrilling mystery. Firmly be held
that he and family were bcNitchea-''root
work. in vain was he assured that witch F.;
craft was buried with the irredeelnable past. /
Steadfastly he claimed that the witches and
iends Of darkness bad a patron who lnvok- |
ed their aid to kill him, than lns:dlousiy !
alternate the affections Of the dark eyed part !
ner of his joys that her angr!shed wall
should not attend his posthImous honors,
or her dewy tear keep green his memory n .
affections garden, but exc the sable habi4-
.nents of woe were fairly donned, the widow,
FOR the second time would giisten IN her
bridal splendor, and thusly the patron
become the heir apparent to his broad acres
and hoaded Doodle. The stream Of CO.. lNgal
felicity, hitherto flowing sweetly was trsn-
ed to Marah of bitterness.
Mr. Henry Isaacs. now appears npon the
scene. Mr. + IS not a descendant OF The
house Of Aaron, as Eis Hebrew patronEm'c
indicates he is. He is 2 modern Mephisto-
pheles. GIephistopheles was, We believe,
away back in ancient denonolagy, one OF
seven chief devils, and second Of the fallen I
archangels Isaac claims to be the eighth Of
Of this fra ;rnity, and the immediate repro
sentative OF the Devil in Clarendon. ae !.
claims to deal in the bl-ck art: successfully
playing the c-etiulity of the negroes, ne
drives thriving trade. He claims tlat he
cannot be approached by mortal man unless
be allows it; that no officer Of the law has
ever dared invade his premises, not"iti4-
standing three warrants are out for him. 1t
was the writer's felicity to accompany g dep
uty sheriff in a raid upon this gentleman S